The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $8,575 - Thursday the 20th of September 2012
  National Institute Of Standards And Technology
  DEPT OF COMM/NAT INST STAND AND TECHNOL
  LASER DIODE CONTROLLERS

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• $48,575 - Tuesday the 24th of July 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9401 AFNWC PZI
  D2-100-DBR-780, DBR LASER MODULE @780

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• $4,190 - Tuesday the 24th of April 2012
  National Institute Of Standards And Technology
  DEPT OF COMM/NAT INST STAND AND TECHNOL
  RECONFIGUREABLE LASER SERVO

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• $35,148 - Wednesday the 25th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $25,025 - Friday the 31st of August 2012
  National Institute Of Standards And Technology
  DEPT OF COMM/NAT INST STAND AND TECHNOL
  DBR LASER SYSTEM

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• $21,825 - Wednesday the 15th of August 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  DBR LASER MODULE

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• $15,125 - Wednesday the 18th of July 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG ADELPHI
  OFFSET PHASE LOCK SERVO

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• $124,674 - Monday the 18th of November 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP COMPACT ABSOLUTE WAVELENGTH REFERENCES TO WEAK MOLECULAR TRANSITIONS, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE CHARACTERISTIC TO SPACE-BASED ACTIVE SENSING. THE ASCENDS MISSION (ACTIVE SENSING OF CO2 OVER NIGHTS, DAYS, AND SEASONS) WILL BE THE FIRST SATELLITE-BASED MISSION EMPLOYING PRECISION LASER SPECTROSCOPY FOR ACTIVE SENSING OF MOLECULES IN SPACE. ALTHOUGH ASCENDS WILL BE FIRST, IT IS EXPECTED THAT FUTURE NASA MISSIONS FOR PLANETARY SENSING OR VENTURE CLASS MISSIONS WILL ALSO USE ACTIVE SENSING. IN PHASE I, VESCENT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGY TO LOCK SEED LASERS TO WEAK MOLECULAR TRANSITIONS IN A COMPACT FORM FACTOR. THE FINAL PHASE II DELIVERABLE WILL BE A COMPLETE LASER SYSTEM INCLUDING A MASTER LASER AND A SLAVE LASER LOCKED TO THE MASTER LASER WITH A TUNABLE FREQUENCY OFFSET. THE SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED SO THE SLAVE LASER CAN BE USED TO TUNE ACROSS AN O2 TRANSITION IN A COMPACT INSTRUMENT DESIGNED FOR FLIGHT TESTING. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL BRING THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL TO TRL 4. IN PHASE II WE WILL WORK WITH NASA TO BRING THE TECHNOLOGY TO TRL 6 WITH FULLY PACKAGED PROTOTYPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING.

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• $100,000 - Wednesday the 16th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS PHASE II SBIR IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD NEW NON-MECHANICAL, ELECTRO-OPTIC (EO) LASER SCANNERS THAT WILL BE SUITABLE FOR SPACE BASED LASER RANGING, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE UPCOMING LIDAR SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY (LIST) MISSION. EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICATIONS FOR EO LASER SCANNING ARE EXTENSIVE AND PERVASIVE, REPLACING OPTO-MECHANICS HAS BEEN A HISTORICALLY INTRACTABLE PROBLEM. VESCENT PHOTONICS HAS DEVELOPED A PROPRIETARY ELECTRO-OPTIC ARCHITECTURE THAT ENABLES, FOR THE FIRST TIME, VERY WIDE FIELD-OF-REGARD (270 DEGREES OF SCANNING DEMONSTRATED) AND SIMPLE EO LASER SCANNERS. IN OUR PHASE I WORK WE DEMONSTRATED THAT THESE NEW EO SCANNERS CAN BE DESIGNED/ADAPTED TO MEET THE UNIQUE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SATELLITE BASED LASER SENSORS. IN PHASE II WE WILL DESIGN, BUILD AND DELIVER A FULL EO SCANNER SYSTEM, INCLUDING A MATED OPTICAL AMPLIFIER THAT WILL MEET THE LIST PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. THIS PHASE II PROGRAM WILL ADVANCE THE TRL FROM 4 TO 5-6.

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